A tradition in Canada is to play Roll Up The Rim To Win at the local Tim Horton’s every March. Well, activist investor Carl Ichan wants to roll up to RIM to win. Rumors swirled today that Ichan is going to make a play for the smart phone maker: Stoked by rumours that legendary activist […]
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Carl Ichan Wants To Roll Up The RIM To Win
September 27, 2011Yahoo Sharholders Ticked Off…. Bringing Torches And Pitchforks To Shareholder Meeting Today… [UPDATED]
August 1, 2008Yahoo getting Carl Ichan on side with them may not be able to keep shareholders happy going into their shareholder meeting today. There is reason to assume that this meeting is going to be rocky. Last year, ticked off investors took Yahoo CEO Terry Semel to task because of the company’s sub-par performance and lucrative […]
Google Pulls Out Of Advertising Partnership With Yahoo… Yahoo Be Screwed
November 5, 2008You might recall that Google and Yahoo had planned to enter into a joint advertising deal and the feds were looking into the matter? Well, the deal is off. Google is pulling the plug on this circus: “After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it’s clear that government […]
Yang Blogs About His Exit…. Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out Jerry
November 18, 2008If you want to see some spin, check out this blog entry by Jerry Yang who is the soon to be ex-CEO of Yahoo. I love this part personally: “As for me, I’ll be returning to my role as Chief Yahoo and board member once my successor is named. I’ll go back to focusing on […]
Icahn & Yahoo Trade Shots….. UN Peacekeeping Force May Be Required
June 9, 2008Yahoo must have been really ticked off at Carl Ichan’s last salvo to put out a press release that only says the following: “Leaving aside Mr. Icahn’s inaccurate interpretation of our retention plan, we again note that he has no credible plan to operate Yahoo!. We believe that Mr. Icahn’s suggestion that we cancel our […]
If You Can’t Buy Them, Steal Their Employees… Seeing As They’re Leaving Anyway…
June 19, 2008Microsoft might have failed in its attempt to buy Yahoo, but it’s doing the next best thing. It’s placed an ad in a Silicon Valley newspaper announcing that it has openings in its search division. Sneaky. It doesn’t mention Yahoo by name, but that’s clearly who they’re going after. This news comes as Yahoo continues […]
Michael Dell, Meet Carl Ichan…. This Should Be Fun
March 7, 2013If Michael Dell thought he could just take Dell computer private without much of a fuss, he’s likely rethinking that. Activist investor Carl Ichan has just purchased 6% of Dell stock. That allows him to make things very interesting: When reached for comment, Icahn said he wouldn’t discuss Dell or any rationale he had for […]
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